‘Not acceptable in a democracy’: UN expert condemns lengthy Just Stop Oil sentences

People in here are arguing about whether the government should be able to allow or disallow protests, i.e. "legal" or "illegal" protests.

I think Denmark has a good middle ground solution to this: Protests must be declared to the police ahead of time, so they know it is happening. Note that this is not an application or an ask for permission! You always have permission, you only have to make the police aware that you are protesting, so they can monitor it and ensure it follows law and order and doesn't turn violent.

Guys, I'm planning to cause a traffic jam, and you all are invited.

Oh wait, that's just normal traffic. Oh well, see y'all in jail.

It is not acceptable anywhere. This "in a democracy" bit is just taking away blaim from dictator who do this kind of stuff all the time.

I still don't understand why JSO is bothering common folk with their protests, go block politicians - you know, the people who YOU want to make the treatise to stop the use of oil!

I agree with what they want (though it would've been nice if they had a plan how to slow down our oil use, but then again they're no experts on that), but I do think they're being dumb on how to achieve it. You don't see Union Strikers block off a highway to get what they want, they'll instead block off some plant where they work - now that makes sense! Go bother politicians.

Just Stop Oil are the people that were blocking traffic of normal everyday citizens.

Their sentences weren't lengthy enough in my opinion.